Why the question of theme-first or mechanics-first game design is a false dichotomy (audio):

https://ludology.libsyn.com/thinking-beyond-mechanisms-episode-1

How to calculate shipping costs for your crowdfunding project (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa0cBy0GvZ0

Graph theory and some surprising effects that game designers can make use of:

https://gametek.substack.com/p/the-graph-of-con-nection

10 things every board game designer needs (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7cMoP3LHEs

Questions to ask yourself early on in the design process to help you decide how—and whether—to move ahead with a project:

https://thecityofkings.com/news/should-i-make-this-game/

An overview of some of the most common legal issues that arise around making and marketing games: copyrights and trademarks, clauses to look for in contracts, NDAs, and more (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YeERH88-Y4

Tips for balancing tabletop game design with a full-time job (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBNThntN0H4

Considering common table sizes when designing a game that will be played on them:

https://thecityofkings.com/news/how-big-is-a-table/

A framework for board game designers and other creatives to set goals and make progress on their projects:

https://www.pinkhawkgames.com/post/stupid-goals

The absolute basics of how to make a board game (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR_QPrWHJCg

Why you need to stop worrying about protecting your board game idea:

https://www.thedarkimp.com/blog/2023/06/24/why-you-need-to-stop-worrying-about-protecting-your-idea/

Three easy ways to make your game’s fulfillment more eco-friendly:

https://stonemaiergames.com/3-easy-ways-to-make-game-fulfillment-more-eco-friendly/

Answers to questions about Kickstarter and how board game makers can best use it to fund their projects (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kNjlnizlTM

Old Maps Online has lots of historical maps plus tools to edit them:

https://www.oldmapsonline.org/

Designing board games on a budget: How can you make games, test games, and sell them, when you have no money to invest? (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgl3Ub8m8a0

A counter-approach to minimizing “feel bad” moments through design:

https://twitter.com/eric_lang/status/1669389317158862887

Development: the ambiguities of what can happen to a game design between signing and publication:

https://faidutti.com/blog/blog/2023/06/11/entre-creation-et-edition-les-ambiguites-du-developpement-dun-jeu-between-design-and-publication-the-ambiguities-of-game-development/

Why you should design board games (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKLc8n1F6d8

10 steps to create a tabletop game company:

https://stonemaiergames.com/10-steps-to-create-a-tabletop-game-company/

The designer of Radlands has a website with lots of articles about various aspects of board game design. We’ve pulled out some of the best on design theory:

https://daniel.games/the-depth-complexity-ratio.htm

https://daniel.games/relatability.htm

https://daniel.games/big-moves.htm

https://daniel.games/calculation-vs-intuition.htm

https://daniel.games/ramps.htm

https://daniel.games/interlinking.htm

https://daniel.games/player-interaction.htm

https://daniel.games/work.htm

https://daniel.games/tension.htm

https://daniel.games/feelbad-situations.htm

https://daniel.games/awesome-things.htm

https://daniel.games/types-of-fun.htm

https://daniel.games/accumulation.htm

https://daniel.games/consequential-actions.htm

https://daniel.games/reducing-complexity.htm

https://daniel.games/randomness.htm

https://daniel.games/resources.htm

https://daniel.games/access.htm

https://daniel.games/spatial-systems.htm

https://daniel.games/making-sure-the-game-ends.htm

https://daniel.games/scaling.htm

https://daniel.games/aesthetic-patterns-in-design.htm